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Like We Used To

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"Does he watch your favorite movies?
Does he hold you when you cry?
Does he sing to all your music
While you dance to "Purple Rain"?
"

Terus feeling gue merasakan kata-kata itu berasal dari sebuah lagu.... But I can't figure it out that time. Kepo makin melanda.

Hmm... Baruuuu aja tadi pagi gue download semua lagu-lagunya A Rocket To The Moon, and guess what!?!?!?

Lirik itu dari lagu yang judulnya Like We Used To yang dinyanyiin mereka!! HAHAHAHAHA ke kepoan gue akhirnya terbalaskan begitu saja. :'3

Here's the lyric,

I can feel her breath as she's sleeping next to me
Sharing pillows and cold feet
She can feel my heart, fell asleep to its beat
Under blankets and warm sheets

If only I could be in that bed again
If only it were me instead of him

Does he watch your favorite movies?
Does he hold you when you cry?
Does he let you tell him all your favorite parts?
When you've seen it a million times

Does he sing to all your music
While you dance to "Purple Rain"?
Does he do all these things
Like I used to?

14 months and 7 days ago
Oh, I know you know how we felt about that night
Just your skin against the window
But we took it slow and we both know

It shoulda been me inside that car
It should have been me instead of him in the dark

Does he watch your favorite movies?
Does he hold you when you cry?
Does he let you tell him all your favorite parts
When you've seen it a million times?

Does he sing to all your music
While you dance to 'Purple Rain'?
Does he do all these things
Like I used to?

I know, love
(Well, I'm a sucker for that feeling)
Happens all the time, love
(I always end up feeling cheated)
You're on my mind, love
(Oh sorta let her when I need it)
That happens all the time, love, yeah

Will he love you like I loved you?
Will he tell you everyday?
Will he make you feel like you're invincible
With every word he'll say?

Can you promise me if this was right?
Don't throw it all away

Can you do all these things?
Will you do all these things
Like we used to?
Oh, like we used to

Hmm, ternyata lagu-lagunya A Rocket To The Moon itu enak-enak semua. Alunan gitarnya itu sesuatu bangeeddd.. Dan mereka udah cover lagunya Taylor Swift, Forever and Always yang begitu gue denger hasilnya jauuuuuh lebih bagus daripada dinyanyiin penyanyinya sendiri :O
*ps: Kepo is a virus that can't be healed easily. :p 

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